Dani California Bass

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Tuning:	E A D G
Capo:	no capo

Author Yertle [a] 341.

1 contributor total, last edit on Jan 27, 2023

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 Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium - UPDATED!
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Tabbed By : Ethan Linck
e-mail: ntkbassist@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard
 
Bass by Micheal Balzary (Flea)
 
Here is the bass part for RHCP’s first single of Stadium Arcadium, Dani California.
 
Update: This is now pretty much perfect. Everything is tabbed out, chorus and bridge
fixed, all the solo fills done. Enjoy.
 
Verse:
 
G|--------------------7-------------------|
D|-----7------5-3-------5h7p5-------------|
A|----------------5-5---------7-5---------|
E|-5-5----3-3-----------------------------|
 
G|--------------------7------------|
D|-----7------5-3-------7----------|
A|----------------5-5------3-5-5---|
E|-5-5----3-3------------5---------|
 
G|--------------------7-------------------|
D|-----7------5-3-------5h7p5-------------|
A|----------------5-5---------7-5---------|
E|-5-5----3-3-----------------------------|
 
G|--------------------7----------------|
D|-----7------5-3--------------5-------|
A|----------------5-5----5h7p5---7-----|
E|-5-5----3-3----------------------5---|
 
G|--------------------7-----5----------|
D|-----7------5-3-------5h7---5---5----|
A|----------------5-5-----------7------|
E|-5-5----3-3--------------------------|
 
G|--------------------7-------------------|
D|-----7------5-3-------5h7p5-------------|
A|----------------5-5---------7-5---------|
E|-5-5----3-3-----------------------------|
 
G|--------------------7-------------------|
D|-----7------5-3-------5h7p5-------------|
A|----------------5-5---------7-5---------|
E|-5-5----3-3-----------------------------|
 
G|--------------------7-------------------|
D|-----7------5-3-------5h7p5--5---5------|
A|----------------5-5------------7---7----|
E|-5-5----3-3-----------------------------|
 
G|--------------------7-------------------|
D|-----7------5-3-------5h7p5-------------|
A|----------------5-5---------7-5---------|
E|-5-5----3-3-----------------------------|
 
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----7------5-3--------------------------------|
A|----------------5-5--5-55-5---5-55-5---5-55-5--|
E|-5-5----3-3------------------------------------|
 
Chorus:
 
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------| x3
A|-------3-3-(3)3h5-55-5----------------|
E|-1-1-1-----------------3-3------------|
 
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------5---|
A|-------3-3-(3)3h5-5-5--5-55--5-55--5-55---7---7-|
E|-1-1-1------------------------------------------|
 
 
Post-chorus weird guitar thingy:
 
G|--------------------7-------------------|
D|-----7------5-3-------5h7p5-------------|
A|----------------5-5---------7-5---------|
E|-5-5----3-3-----------------------------|
 
G|--------------------7-----------------|
D|-----7------5-3-----------------5-----|
A|----------------5-5---5h7---3-7---7---|
E|-5-5----3-3---------------5-----------|
 
Verse 2:
 
G|--------------------7-------------------|
D|-----7------5-3-------5h7p5-------------|
A|----------------5-5---------7-5---------|
E|-5-5----3-3-----------------------------|
 
G|--------------------7-----------------|
D|-----7------5-3------------5-7-5------|
A|----------------5-5----5h7------7-5---|
E|-5-5----3-3---------------------------|
 
G|--------------------7-------------------|
D|-----7------5-3-------5h7p5-------------|
A|----------------5-5---------7-5---------|
E|-5-5----3-3-----------------------------|
 
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----7------5-3--------------------------------|
A|----------------5-5--5-55-5---5-55-5---5-55-5--|
E|-5-5----3-3------------------------------------|
 
Chorus
 
Bridge:
 
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--------9-x--9--------------------------------| x3
A|-------9----9---0-7-9-10-10----10-0-9-9-7-9---|
E|-7-7--7---------------------10--------------9-|
 
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------9-x--9------------------------|
A|-------9----9--9------------5-7-------|
E|-7-7--7----------0-7-7--0/7-----7\5-3-|
 
Verse 3:
 
G|--------------------7-------------------|
D|-----7------5-3-------5h7p5-------------|
A|----------------5-5---------7-5---------|
E|-5-5----3-3-----------------------------|
 
G|--------------------7-------7---------|
D|-----7------5-3-----------9---9-7-----|
A|----------------5-5---5h7---------9-7-|
E|-5-5----3-3----------------------------|
 
G|--------------------7-------------------|
D|-----7------5-3-------5h7p5-------------|
A|----------------5-5---------5h7p5-------|
E|-5-5----3-3-----------------------------|
 
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----7------5-3--------------------------------|
A|----------------5-5--5-55-5---5-55-5---5-55-5--|
E|-5-5----3-3------------------------------------|
 
G|---9-9-99-9-99-9-9------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------0-0-00-0-0-00-0-0-|
 
Chorus x2
 
Solo
 
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-------3-3-(3)3h5-55-5----------------|
E|-1-1-1-----------------3-3------------|
 
G|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------3---------------|
A|-------3-3-(3)3h5-5---5-3--3--------|
E|-1-1-1--------------------5--3------|
 
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-------3-3-(3)3h5-55-5----------------|
E|-1-1-1-----------------3-3-3----------|
 
G|---------------------------------------5---7-5---7-5----|
D|-----------------------------------5-7---------7-----7--|
A|-------3-3-(3)3h5-5-5--5-55--5-55-----------------------|
E|-1-1-1--------------------------------------------------|
 
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-------3-3-(3)3h5-55-5-55-------------|
E|-1-1-1--------------------3-3-3-------|
 
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-------3-3-(3)3h5-55-5----------------|
E|-1-1-1-----------------3-3-3----------|
 
G|---------------------7---------------|
D|-----------------------5h7p5---------|
A|-------3-3-(3)3h5-55---------7-5-----|
E|-1-1-1-------------------------------|
 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------2-3-4-5-7-8-9-10-10----|
A|--------------------------------0-2--3-3---------------------5*-|
E|-1-11-1---1-11-1---1-11-1---1-1---------------------------------|
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yeah, petchimp you should probably go crawl into a hole and die. you're clearly someone who has never played a bass in his life and wouldn't know a good bassline if someone named yertle tabbed it out for you on the internet

you funckin smakcked it

In the Chorus theres a pull-off to the open A (@cartmanr0cks)right before you go up the D and the bridge goes like: . = beat G|.-------.-------.-------.-------|.-------.-------.-------.-------| D|--------------9-----9-----------|--------------------------------| A|----------7-9-----9-------9-7-9-|10--10--10------9---9-7-9-------| E|7---7---------------------------|------10------------------9-----| G|.-------.-------.-------.-------|.-------.-------.-------.-------| D|--------------9-----9-----------|--------------------------------| A|----------7-9-----9-------9-7-9-|10--10--10------9-7-9-7-9-------| (2nd time slightly E|7---7---------------------------|------10------------------9-----| different) G|.-------.-------.-------.-------|.-------.-------.-------.-------| D|--------------9-----9-----------|--------------------------------| A|----------7-9-----9-------9-7-9-|10--10--10------9---9-7-9-------| (3rd time same as 1st) E|7---7---------------------------|------10------------------9-----| G|.-------.-------.-------.-------|.-------.-------.-------.-------| D|--------------9-----9-----------|--------9---------------4-------| A|----------7-9-----9-------------|----------------5---7-------7---| E|7---7---------------------------|7---7---------------------------|